Days after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump convened a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several European leaders at the White House on Monday. While Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy was markedly friendlier than their contentious Oval Office confrontation in February, the summit yielded few details about what the parameters of a Russia-Ukraine truce would look like. While European leaders expressed support for a ceasefire, Trump questioned the necessity of such a measure—a stark contrast to his position going into last week’s summit with Putin. All of the leaders present on Monday also underscored their support for a trilateral meeting between Trump, Zelenskyy, and Putin, though the Russian president has long resisted such a gathering. Most notably, Trump signaled a willingness to provide U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine—long seen as a necessity to ensure Ukraine’s long-term future—though he did not elaborate what form that would take.
Major Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Zelenskyy and European Leaders (Matthias Matthijs – Council on Foreign Relations)
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